Lawler on Discharge Petition: ‘This Is Not an Indictment’ of Johnson

Lawler on discharge petition: ‘This is not an indictment’ of Johnson

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Wednesday said that adding his name to a discharge petition to force the House to vote on extending soon-to-expire ObamaCare subsidies for three years “is not an indictment” of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). “This is not an indictment of him,” Lawler told CNN’s Dana Bash. “He has a very difficult…

Fitzpatrick Signs On to Democrats’ Discharge Petition

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) has signed the House Democrats’ discharge petition to force a vote on a clean three-year extension of the enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies, Punchbowl News reports. Fitzpatrick is the first Republican to sign the petition. It now has 215 signatures. If three more Republicans sign the petition, the House will be forced to hold a vote on the bill.